Circadian physiology

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Circadian physiology

Roberto Refinetti

CRC Press, c2006

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

While the first edition of the critically acclaimed and highly popular Circadian Physiologyoffered a concise but rigorous review of basic and applied research on circadian rhythms, this newest edition provides educators with the primary textbook they need to support a course on this cutting-edge topic. Maintaining the same accessible multidisciplinary approach of the original, this volume provides a thorough grounding in a broad range of topics, while offering instructors many unique advantages. This impressive handbook provides the foundation, along with the supplementary material, and all the implementation details necessary to run a cutting-edge class on an exceptionally timely and intriguing topic. This edition of Circadian Physiologynot only updates the material covered in the original, but it also expands its length and scope, presenting many new findings, such as the discovery of new retinal photoreceptors, the identification of several non-hypothalamic circadian pacemakers, and the elucidation of genomic and proteomic mechanisms of biological timing. Three times the length of the original, this volume includes approximately 730 figures and 5,000 bibliographic references, making it a true handbook of circadian physiology.

Table of Contents

  • Every chapter includes these sections: Summary, Exercises, Suggestions for Further Reading, Web Sites to Explore, and Literature Cited PART I History and Methods Early Research on Circadian Rhythms: Remote Past
  • 20th Century
  • Current Trends
  • Ethics of Animal Research. Research Methods in Circadian Physiology: The Scientific Method
  • Research on Populations and Organisms
  • Research on Organs, Cells, and Molecules
  • Research on the Environment. Analysis of Circadian Rhythmicity: Data Analysis
  • Mean Level, Amplitude, and Phase
  • Period, Waveform, and Robustness
  • Statistical Significance . PART II Phenomenology Ultradian and Infradian Rhythms: Environmental Rhythms
  • Ultradian Rhythms
  • Infradian Rhythms
  • Annual Rhythms Daily and Circadian Rhythms: Environmental and Populational Rhythms
  • Behavioral Rhythms
  • Autonomic Rhythms. PART III Mechanisms Endogenous Mechanisms: Endogenous Rhythmicity
  • Inheritance Mechanisms
  • Single or Multiple Oscillators. Photic Environmental Mechanisms: Nonparametric Theory of Entrainment
  • Photic Parameters
  • Synthesis and Models. Nonphotic Environmental Mechanisms: Nonphotic Entrainment
  • A Separate Food-Entrainable Pacemaker. Integration of Mechanisms: Internal Order
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Lifetime Changes. Homeostasis and Circadian Rhythmicity: Temperature Regulation
  • Sleep, Feeding, and Energy Expenditure PART IV PHYSICAL SUBSTRATES Receptors: Sensory Input
  • Photic Receptors
  • Nonphotic Receptors. Pacemakers: The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
  • Cellular Processes
  • Molecular Processes
  • Other Pacemakers. Afference and Efference PART V Applications Optimal Timing on Earth and in Space: Best Time for Sports and Intellectual Activities
  • Space Exploration. Jet Lag and Shift Work Human Medicine: Chronotherapeutics
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Depression. Pet Selection and Veterinary Medicine Dictionary of Circadian Physiology: English Dictionary
  • Language Equivalency
  • Units of Measurement Organisms Used Index

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